Tom Brady is
one of the best players in the NFL. He won't ever need a
résumé to showcase his professional accomplishments (you can
just look at his career stats!) — but at one point, he almost
did.

Before the New England Patriots quarterback was drafted in 2000,
he wasn't so sure he'd have a future in football, so he created a
résumé "in case he had to enter the corporate world," reports
Business Insider's Tony Manfred.

The University of Michigan grad was ultimately selected in the
sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft and went on to become an NFL
superstar. But, had he needed to enter the corporate world
instead, would this résumé have landed him a job?

We asked résumé-writing experts to weigh in on Brady's CV. They
say he did some things well, but other areas could use
improvement.

"The bones of Tom's résumé — previous employers, dates of
employment, contact information, education — are good," says Tina
Nicolai, executive career coach and founder of résumé Writers' Ink. "For
example, he lists his education, highlights, and awards at the
top of his résumé, and the summer internships/jobs are written in
reverse chronological order, which is good. And he reflects a
basic overview of what he did in his duties, as well as who he
worked with (upper level management, course superintendent and so
on)."

Amanda Augustine, a career expert at TheLadders, an online
job-matching service for professionals, agrees that
the core content "isn't bad." However, she says he's missing some
specific sections, and the formatting is not what she typically
recommends.

"He did a good job of describing his responsibilities in each
role with action-oriented verbs, but we'd suggest summing up the
role in one or two sentences, and then using a couple bullets to
call attention to the contributions or responsibilities that are
most noteworthy and relevant to his job goals," she says.

His résumé is also missing a professional summary. "I give him an
'A' for not
including one of those cookie-cutter objectives, but he should
include a professional title and short professional summary to
quickly sum up his value to a prospective employer and clarify
his job goals for the reader," Augustine says. "Without
one, it's difficult to evaluate this résumé, as we don't know
Tom's non-football job goals."

The experts say his résumé is also missing a "core competencies
and technical skills" section, and they think his headers could
use improvement.

The main header, for instance, includes his permanent and
temporary addresses. "When he wrote his résumé it was customary
to include both, but that's not recommended these days,"
Augustine says. "Today he would have a header centered at the top
of his résumé with his mobile phone number, email address, and
the URL to his LinkedIn profile. He could put the city and state,
but it would depend on where the job is located, and if it's near
his school in Michigan or near his home."

Nicolai says by eliminating the address lines, you could save up
to four lines. "Résumé 'real estate' is at a premium particularly
in the opening," she said.

Brady's name at the top should also have a "branded style" to
stand out and be a bit larger than the rest of the résumé, she
suggests.

"This résumé
style was very popular in the 1990s when jobs were plentiful and
recruiters and hiring leaders had more manpower and time to read
through résumés," Nicolai says. "But if this were used today, in
2014, Tom would most likely end with his résumé at the bottom of
the pile."